New York, USA - Steel orchestras are getting ready for Panorama 2023 in New York on Saturday September 2. It has been four years since the premiere steelband music competition had its showing, and many are chomping at the musical bit, anxious to be
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan Trinbago will celebrate Pan Month once again this August and it is being made even more special with the UN declaration of August 11 as World Steelpan Day.
On his ID Card Abdul’s name is Anthony Reid. We refer to him as Bub because Abdul was also known as Beelzebub, or simply Bellzie, a name that has devilish connotations in Christian theology and in village talk back in the day. One man’s meat is anoth
Left to right: Director of the National Steel Symphony Orchestra, Mr. Kareem Browne; renowned steelpan arranger, Dr. Ray Holman; Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Trinidad
Now I is ah man who LOVE TO READ ABOUT PAN, and been doing so for DECADES. So ah have to call some people out on the carpet with THIS POSTING. As you all know, there is a BIG DEBATE in PAN about the newly-minted term "STEELPAN" -- a word I never use
I have always been a CALYPSO LOVER FIRST and a PAN MUSIC LOVER SECOND -- all my life. And from the early fifties i have measured the progress of STEELDRUM MUSIC based on its ability to deliver PURITY in rendering a CALYPSO. In these early times, most
BCC Pan Ensemble performing at Republic Bank Pandemonium
Bridgetown, Barbados, W.I. - Several local and regional musicians helped bring the National Botanical Gardens to life during the Republic Bank Pandemonium on Sunday.
Shelbyville, Indiana, USA - The Shelby County Public Library presents Steel Appeal on July 27 from 6-7 p.m. on the front lawn. Steel Appeal, a steel drum band from Campbellsville, will present an exciting musical exper
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA - ....Speaking on Friday to The Express from CYP’s Brooklyn rehearsal space, Trinidad-born founder and captain Joseph Gerald said: “It was truly overwhelming, in fact, unbeliev
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA - ....Upon arrival, the Caribbean Youth Panoramics (CYP) quickly and expertly set up their stage side steelband, as a crowd of their peers and elders looked on expectantly as the preparations ended and the panists sto
Barbados, W.I. - ....The one hundred and fifty-strong Barbados National Youth Steel Orchestra was also showcased as it wowed the crowd with its wide and varied musical set loaded with hits.
